Global Covid-19 cases pass 250 million as Europe outbreak worsens
- Cases still rising in 55 out of 240 countries, many in Europe
- The global Covid-19 death toll surpassed 5 million on November 1
More than 250 million Covid-19 cases have been recorded worldwide since the start of the pandemic, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Globally, more than five million deaths from Covid-19 have been recorded so far, but the vast majority of those infected have recovered. Some, however, have continued to experience symptoms weeks or even months later.
The latest data on Monday comes as the pace of daily Covid-19 cases has started to pick up again since mid-October, with some European countries reporting surges in daily figures.
The World Health Organization has warned of potential outbreaks involving new variants of the coronavirus if the uptrend in infection cases continues.
Worldwide, the total number of Covid-19 infections topped 100 million in January and reached 200 million in August.
The daily average number of cases has fallen by 36 per cent over the past three months, according to a Reuters analysis, but the virus is still infecting 50 million people worldwide every 90 days due to the highly transmissible Delta variant.